BOOK I PART IV
guish betwixt the objects and perceptions of the
senses; which they suppose co-existent and re-
sembling; yet this is a distinction, which is not
comprehended by the generality of mankind,
who as they perceive only one being, can never
assent to the opinion of a double existence and
representation. Those very sensations, which
enter by the eye or ear, are with them the true
objects, nor can they readily conceive that this
pen or paper, which is immediately perceivd,
represents another, which is different from, but
resembling it. In order, therefore, to accommo-
date myself to their notions, I shall at first sup-
pose; that there is only a single existence, which
I shall call indifferentlyobjectorperception, ac-
cording as it shall seem best to suit my purpose,
understanding by both of them what any com-
mon man means by a hat, or shoe, or stone, or
any other impression, conveyd to him by his